Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing

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Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing
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written by James Rumford, translated into Cherokee by Anna Sixkiller Huckaby (Houghton Mifflin Company)
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With spare, poetic writing and richly colored, expressive illustrations, Rumford captures the character of Sequoyah, the man who created a writing system for the Cherokee language.  A parallel translation in Cherokee demonstrates the lasting influence of this creative genius.

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Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 05:22
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